Toy



A. ozil-:Rowlcz TOY Patented July 8, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE. I

`V ALEXANDER OZEROWICZ, OF RO'MULUS, lVlIICI-IIGrAN,V vASSIGi-NOR OFONE-THIRD T0 JOSEPH ANTONUITIS AND ONE-THIRD TO KAZIMER SALAVEJUS, BOTHOF DETROIT,

y MICHIGAN.

TOY.

Application ied Aprii s, 1922. serial No. 549,289.

- To all'whom t may concer/n:

companying drawings, whichform a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in i toys shown in theyaccompanying drawings and moreparticularly. described in the followingspecification and claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a toy which will affordconsiderable'amusement to the child operating the device and which issimple in construction and operation and which will not readily vget outof order.

The primary object of the invention is a toy which includes a pluralityof dancing couples or figures mounted upon a rotatable table upon whicheach couple independently turns to simulate dancing while the table isrotated upon its axis due to the operation of a manually actuated crankshaft g-providing an intermingling effect of the figures as seen onball-room floors.

Another feature of the invention consists in roviding means, actuated bythe rotatalble table, adapted to act upon aplurality of wires strung ina sound chamber beneath the ball-room floor for producing a series ofmusical sounds or notes, or a music box or other musical instrument maybe operated thereby as desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide means to secure therotation of each couple upon the rotatable table, said means including aplurality of vertical shafts jour* naled in the rotatable table on whichthe respective couples are mounted, a stationary belt being providedwith means to yieldingly maintain the same. in frictional relation witheach of the pulleys whereby upon rotating the table the several pulleyswill be turned upon their axis through frictional contact with thestationaryV belt as the table is rotated,-the several couples turning intheir places as the table is rotated.

Another feature of the invention consists in. providing the walls of theenclosure withy V mirrors that they may reiiect the figures" view whichwill appear as the description,V

proceeds, the invention further resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and inthe details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes may be made inthel precisev -embodiment of the invention herein disclosed withoutdeparting from ,the spirit of the same.

In the drawings accompanying this specification: Y l

Figure l is a perspective view-,of the toy open at one end @to show theball-room floor. y v j Y Figure 2 is a vertical cross-sectional Viewthrough the device.

Figure 3 is an inverted horizontal sectional View taken on or about line3 3 of Figure 2.

In the drawings:

A, denotes a structure made to represent a dancing pavilion or building.B, is a ballroom or chamber in the upper portion of the same. C, denotesa rotatable platform pinned to a vertical shaft D journaled at E in asuitable bearing secured to a cross frame or member F, and in a bracketGr, attached to the floor of the building. I-I, is a beveled gearsecured/ to the shaft D in mesh with a like gear I in the end of a crankshaft J journaled in the bracket G and in the wall of the building. K,K, K, are figures representing dancing couples mounted upon verticalshafts L, journaled in the rotatable` platform C. Secured to the lowerend of the shafts L are pulleys M, M, M, upon which impinges astationary belt N, held in frictional driving contact by a spring Psecured at one end to the belt, and at the other end to the wall of thebuilding. S, S, S, are a plurality of wires extending from wall to wallof the building in the sound chamber B', beneath the ball-room, adaptedwhen struck by a plurality of elements T, T, T, depending from theunderside of the rotatable platform C to give forth a. musical sound.

Secured to the walls of the ball-room or chamber B are mirrors U whichreflecting the dancing figures give the eect of large number of peopledancing upon a relatively large ball-room floor.

To add to the eii'ect colored balls or globes V may be suspended fromthe ceiling if desired.

Having now indicated the several parts by reference letters, theconstruction. and operation of the device will be readily understood.

Upon manually turning the crank shaft .I the gear I meshing with thegear H on the shaft D will cause the rotation of the platfor C in whichare journaled the vertical shafts L carrying the pulleys M, M, M rotatedby the stationary belt N upon which they impinge as the table is turned.To insure a good frictional driving relation between the belt andpulleys at all times a spring P is provided to keep the belt taut,- thetension of which however is not sufficient to interfere with the readyrotation of the rotatable platform.

To add to the interest and realism the wire strands S, S, S, are actedupon by the depending elements T, T, T, carried by the rotatable tableas it is turned by the crank shaft J that the proper musical eifect maybe attained.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

In a device of the character described, an inclosed housing divided intoupper and lower chambers, the lower chamber providing a sound chamber, ashaft journaled cen-4 trally through both chambers, a disc secured tothe vertical shaft and rotatably operable in the upper chamber, aplurality of relatively short vertical shafts journaled inthe rotatabledisc, dolls mounted upon the upper ends of the vertical shafts above thedisc and adapted to turn with said short shafts, a manually operablecrank shaft extending through one side of the supporting housing intothe same and having geared connection with said first mentioned shaft torotate the latter, said short shafts each having a pulley on its lowerend located below said disc and disposed in the lower chamber, astationary belt adapted to impinge upon the said pulley,

a spring engaging the belt and the housing to maintain the belt'infrictional driving contact with the pulley, a plurality of wiressuspended from the rotatable disc and eX- tending into the lowerchamber, and a plurality of spaced wires mounted in the lower chamberover which the aforesaid wires are dragged as the disc is rotatedtoproduce a musical sound in the lower chamber, and mirrors disposed inthe upper chamber.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence oftwowitnesses.y

ALEXANDER OZEROWICZ.

